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Reproductive Rights in Higher Education: University Health Clinic Scorecards

  • Bard College (NY)
  • California State University, Northridge (CA)
  • University of California, Berkeley (CA)
  • AASHE (MA)
  • Center for Biological Diversity (AZ)

College is a time for discovery – a time to learn more about yourself and others. It is when youth move into adulthood. This transition should be done in an educated ...

  • Posted April 25, 2024
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Braiding Sweetgrass Discussion

  • University of South Dakota (SD)

Synopsis: As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces ...

  • Posted April 25, 2024
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UMD students celebrate Earth Day

UMD Students Celebrate Earth Day at EarthFest Event

  • University of Maryland, College Park (MD)

Hosted by the University of Maryland's SGA Sustainability Committee, Office of Sustainability, Dept. of Resident Life, & Residence Hall Association, EarthFest is a fun outdoor festival to celebrate Earth ...

  • Posted April 25, 2024
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JCCC Students un-package expired food from the Student Basic Needs Center

Un-Can-It for the Planet

  • Johnson County Community College (KS)

An annual event where student unpackage expired food from our Student Basic Needs Center and compost it, and students and staff are also able to bring expired or stale food ...

  • Posted April 25, 2024
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Answer the Sustainability-Related Trivia and Win a Banner Bag or a Tote Bag

Earth day Celebration 2024 @ AUC Tahrir CultureFest

  • American University in Cairo (Cairo)

Sunday, April 21, 2024 Reconnecting People: Better Together Reveal of the Third Edition of AUC's Sustainability Report, 2024: Learn about AUC's newest sustainability report, which showcases our University ...

  • Posted April 24, 2024
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Earth Day Recycling Drive

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)
  • Casella (VT)

Student group Waste Watchers, the MIT Office of Sustainability staff, and MIT's waste hauler Casella led an Earth Day event to collect small electronics for specialty recycling. The event ...

  • Posted April 24, 2024
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MIT adds another pollinator garden installation

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)

MIT students at MacGregor House worked with horticulturalist Grace Coburn to plant two new raised gardens filled with pollinator plants. The planter gardens are the latest installation building off MIT ...

  • Posted April 23, 2024
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UM wishes Happy World Earth Day 2024: Planet vs Plastic!

Happy World Earth Day 2024: Planet Vs Plastic! UM promotes its Action Plan on Single-Use Plastics and Disposable Items Reduction

  • University of Malaya

Universiti Malaya Sustainable Development Centre (UMSDC) wishes all of you Happy World Earth Day 2024 with the theme 'Planet vs Plastic'

We invite you to join us with our 4 ...

  • Posted April 23, 2024
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Trash Talk and Eco Actions: ISU's Green Gathering

Live Green, Speak Green: Sustainable Stories from Iowa State University

  • Iowa State University (IA)

Captured on the vibrant South Library Lawn, this moment epitomizes the spirit of Earth Day at Iowa State University. Here, students, faculty, and Ames community unite, exemplified by a lively ...

  • Posted April 23, 2024
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Students earn a coveted t-shirt by learning from over 20 campus and community organizations on Earth Day

Beat the Hell Outta (BTHO) Climate Change

  • Texas A&M University (TX)

Texas A&M University students learn from over 20 campus and community organizations at a Campus Earth Day event in Rudder Plaza to earn a BTHO Climate Change t-shirt.

  • Posted April 23, 2024
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Two UNC Charlotte students plant a tree

UNC Charlotte Campus Beautification Day

  • University of North Carolina, Charlotte (NC)

University of North Carolina Charlotte staff, students, faculty, and alumni planted trees and picked up litter around campus on April 17th in celebration of Earth Month.

  • Posted April 23, 2024
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Sparty Taking a Ride on Our Blender Bike

How Michigan State University and Sparty Celebrate Earth Month

  • Michigan State University (MI)

These pictures are from our Environmental Education Fair that Michigan State University's Office of Sustainability hosted in partnership with MSU student leadership. Our beloved mascot Sparty came to visit ...

  • Posted April 17, 2024
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Biggest Hour For Earth

  • Technological University Dublin (Dublin)

Campaign message:

The countdown for Earth Hour is on! Since its beginnings, Earth Hour has been known for the symbolic 'lights off' in support of our planet. But this year ...

New Campus-wide Composting System Launched at Lafayette College

  • Lafayette College (PA)

January, 2024

Easton, Pennsylvania – Lafayette College launched a new campus-wide food waste composting program this fall, using an odor-controlled In Vessel composting system that automatically processes food waste into compost ...

  • Posted March 19, 2024
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TASK™ by Sulitest – Measuring and Reporting Sustainability Literacy

  • AASHE (MA)
  • HEC Montréal (QC)
  • KEDGE Business School (Bordeaux)

Assessing the sustainability literacy of students helps institutions evaluate the success of their sustainability education initiatives. It can also earn points in the Sustainability Literacy Assessment credit of STARS, the ...

  • Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Missing Pieces in Higher Education Climate Action Planning: Food, Reuse and Empowerment

  • AASHE (MA)
  • Gaia Education
  • Center for Biological Diversity (AZ)

Climate plans can help colleges and universities address climate concerns specific to the students, faculty and staff of that campus. Staff from the Center for Biological Diversity and GAIA will ...

  • Posted Feb. 15, 2024
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Design Thinking for Sustainable Development Education: Practical Toolkit

  • AASHE (MA)
  • Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design (Jerusalem)
  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design’s Sustainable Development Hub and the School of Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have collaborated to create a Practical Toolkit for ...

  • Posted Feb. 8, 2024
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How we see water: Developing a transdisciplinary course through a local lens

  • University of Wisconsin-River Falls (WI)
  • AASHE (MA)

Human activity has contributed to climate change and environmental degradation. As a result, our freshwater supplies are facing a major threat. Water is vital for life. It is our responsibility ...

  • Posted Feb. 6, 2024
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Gillespie Gallery Free Redistribution Event

It’s Really Free! Patriot Packout Expands to Support George Mason University Community Members’ Basic Needs

  • George Mason University (VA)

This case study focuses on George Mason University’s sustainable move-out initiative, Patriot Packout (PPO) 2023. Existing in some form (unofficial and official) since 2003, the PPO initiative was expanded ...

What Is Sustainable Science, and How Can We Green Our Labs?

  • University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
  • AASHE (MA)

The research and teaching conducted in university laboratories often has an outsized impact on a campus’ carbon footprint, due to the energy-intensive nature of lab air quality requirements, as well ...

  • Posted Nov. 9, 2023
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Building the Equity Loop: From Campus Move Out to Community Action

  • Lafayette College (PA)
  • AASHE (MA)

As outlined in the Climate Action Plan, Lafayette is committed to achieving a 40% diversion of waste to landfill by 2030 and a 60% diversion rate by 2035. Green Move ...

  • Posted Oct. 26, 2023
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The Why and How Behind Aligning Your Institution’s Values With its Food Purchases

  • Emory University (GA)
  • Spelman College (GA)
  • AASHE (MA)
  • Bon Appétit Management Company
  • The Common Market

What is the impact of your purchases? Is your food service program taking steps to align its values—local sourcing, equity and diversity, climate, health, and beyond—with its purchases ...

  • Posted Oct. 19, 2023
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Clean Campus, Clean Planet: Solutions for Reducing Toxic Cleaning Chemicals on Campus

  • Stanford University (CA)
  • University of Tennessee at Knoxville (TN)
  • AASHE (MA)
  • Tersano Inc. (ON)
  • The Ashkin Group (CA)
  • Elk Grove Unified School District (CA)

The way we clean is often overlooked when exploring sustainable solutions on campus. However, research reveals that the health, environmental, and financial impacts of the traditional chemicals we use are ...

  • Posted Sept. 21, 2023
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Webinar: CSA as a Benefit: Cultivating Sustainability and Improving Health

  • University of Kentucky (KY)
  • AASHE (MA)
  • Organic Association of Kentucky (KY)

Colleges and universities have unique resources and infrastructures that allow them to develop, pilot, and study replicable employee benefits programs that fulfill Sustainability and Wellness goals. Additionally, innovations by colleges ...

  • Posted Sept. 14, 2023
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All incoming first-year and transfer undergraduate students at Cornell University complete a new sustainability module online entitled "Mission Sustainability"

Closing the Sustainability Skills Gap,

  • Cornell University (NY)

Submitting these images for blurb going into the SCI : Please submit one or more images for consideration by Friday, September 1 to AASHE’s Campus Sustainability Hub by following the ...

WMU student presenter

Western Michigan University Bronco Challenge for Sustainable Impact

  • Western Michigan University (MI)

Full outcome, story: https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71723

Johns Hopkins University exceeded its goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 51% by 2025 several years early through a long-term agreement with Constellation. The solar agreement is the largest among Maryland-based institutions and resulted in the development of a new solar facility, known as the Skipjack Solar Center, which provides the university with 250,000 MWh of clean power annually meeting two-thirds of its electricity demand.

JHU achieves greenhouse gas reduction goal through solar agreement

  • Johns Hopkins University (MD)

Johns Hopkins University exceeded its goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 51% by 2025 several years early through a long-term agreement with Constellation. The solar agreement is the largest among ...

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Austin Community College, Rio Grande Campus LEED Platinum Renovation Project

  • Austin Community College (TX)

Austin Community College LEED Platinum Renovation - The Rio Grande Campus project involved the renovation of a nearly 100-year-old campus building, and is the first LEED Platinum certification for Austin Community ...

10,000-gallon rainwater cistern

10,000-gallon rainwater cistern

  • Muhlenberg College (PA)

Terrace showing outline of Fahy Commons 10,000-gallon rainwater cistern.

rainwater harvesting control and filtration system

Rainwater harvesting control and filtration system

  • Muhlenberg College (PA)

Rainwater from the Cistern is treated and used for toilet flushing.

UNH Sustainability Fellowship 2023 Cohort Gathers at the Launch Event

University of New Hampshire - 2023 Sustainable Campus Index

  • University of New Hampshire (NH)

Sustainability fellowship - The Sustainability Fellowship at University of New Hampshire pairs undergraduate students and post-baccalaureates (grad students and recent grads) from UNH and universities across the United States with municipal ...

Each year, the CCU campus community come together a campus wide plant

John Brong Planting Day at CCU

  • Coastal Carolina University (SC)

Each year, the CCU community will comes together for a day of service to honor the life of the late John Brong, who served as the CCU greenhouse manager for ...

Sustain Coastal staff and volunteers hand-sort materials after each home football game as part of its zero-waste operations

Zero Waste Football (Horizontal and Vertical Image)

  • Coastal Carolina University (SC)

Every Chanticleer home football game is a zero-waste initiative. The goal of this effort is to divert as much waste as possible from each CCU home football game. We do ...

HKUST also has one of the largest-scale Solar Power Systems in Hong Kong

HKUST the First to Launch New ESG Investment Policy for its Net-Zero Carbon Goal

  • Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (Hong Kong)

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) became the first university in Hong Kong to make a pledge to eliminate investments in fossil fuels, with a concrete environmental ...

Solar panel-topped ponds under construction at the Cornell Experimental Pond Facility.

Scientists study solar panel-topped ponds

  • Cornell University (NY)

Reseach into preserve agricultural land for crops and conservation lands for wildlife, place floating photovoltaic panels on lakes, rivers and reservoirs.

Cornell constructed a 10,000-foot deep observatory borehole, the Cornell University Borehole Observatory (CUBO). CUBO will enable researchers to study how much heat can be produced by geothermal energy.

Earth Source Heat (ESH) is Cornell's version of a deep geothermal system

  • Cornell University (NY)

Cornell constructed a 10,000-foot deep observatory borehole, the Cornell University Borehole Observatory (CUBO). CUBO will enable researchers to study how much heat can be produced by geothermal energy.

Acadia University Receives Organic Campus Designation

Acadia Receives Organic Campus Designation

  • Acadia University (NS)

Acadia University receives its Organic Campus Certificate from the Canada Organic Trade Association making it the first university in Canada to earn the national designation.

Water fountain with #TakeBackTheTap campaign decal at Humber College

Humber College SCI 2023 Photos - Water Category

  • Humber College (ON)

Photo submission for Humber College's Top Performance on 2023 SCI Water Category.

Minising Giizhigong (Island in the Sky) garden on roof deck of Humber College's BCTI Building

Humber College SCI 2023 Photos - Grounds Category

  • Humber College (ON)

Photo submission for Humber College's Top Performance in the 2023 SCI Grounds category.

Two-Eyed Seeing walk on the Humber Arboretum with Kaua'i Community College Partners

Humber College SCI 2023 Photos - Coordination and Planning Category

  • Humber College (ON)

Photo submission for Humber College's Top Performance recognition at 2023 SCI Coordination and Planning Category.

Waste Sorting at Humber Cultural Hub construction site

Humber College SCI 2023 Photos - Waste Category

  • Humber College (ON)

The photos being submitted relate to Humber College's recognition as a Top Performer in the 2023 SCI Waste category.

University of Manitoba

University of Manitoba campus

  • University of Manitoba (MB)

Top Performer, Water University of Manitoba campus

Colgate University student leaders gather for fall 2022 sustainability summit

Colgate Student Sustainability Consortium Fall 2022 Summit

  • Colgate University (NY)

Gathering of student sustainability leaders to coordinate and plan for ways to advance the practice of sustainability on Colgate University's campus.

Aligning with Place: A case study in xeriscaping at Gonzaga University's Office of Sustainability.

  • Gonzaga University (WA)

This project's goal was to xeriscape the front lawn of the Office of Sustainability, transforming it from a grass lawn into a lawn with mulch and drought-tolerant plants. The ...

  • Posted July 17, 2023
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Cli Fi, Sci Fi, and the Culture of Sustainability

  • University of Hawaii Kapiolani Community College (HI)
  • AASHE (MA)

Climate fiction, or cli-fi, is a form of literature that features a changed/changing climate or global warming as part of the character, setting, or plot of a novel or ...

  • Posted June 28, 2023
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As part of Celebrate Sustainability Week at Yale in October 2022, the Yale Office of Sustainability, in partnership with the Office of International Students & Scholars, organized a “Lunch and Learn” at Yale Farm, touring the property to learn about sustainable food production and urban agriculture, followed by an outdoor lunch and discussion. Leading the tour was Maria Gutierrez, Yale's Sustainability Engagement Manager.

Sustainability Tour of the Yale Farm

  • Yale University (CT)

As part of Celebrate Sustainability Week at Yale in October 2022, the Yale Office of Sustainability, in partnership with the Office of International Students & Scholars, organized a “Lunch and ...

The American University of Sharjah Sustainability Team

The American University of Sharjah Sustainability Team

  • American University of Sharjah (Ash Shariqah)

left to right Julia Carlow- Acting Head of AUS Sustainability Sahar Ibrahim- Sustainability Coordinator Nathalie Curabba- Sustainability Coordinator Rose Armour- Head of AUS Sustainability- Seconded to the Climate Envoy

Hopkins Office of Sustainability Retreating Into Nature

Hopkins Office of Sustainability Retreating Into Nature

  • Johns Hopkins University (MD)

The Johns Hopkins Office of Sustainability staff held their staff retreat at a local arboretum reflecting on the past year, setting team and individual goals for the next 5 years ...

Sustainability staff & student representatives served as tour guides for campus open house (Exterior).

Fahy Commons for Public Engagement and Innovation Open House

  • Muhlenberg College (PA)

On January 31st, the campus community filled the halls of the new Fahy Commons, visiting the academic and program spaces getting an up-close look at its remarkable sustainability features. Sustainability ...

Endicott College Sustainability Office 2022-2023

Endicott College Sustainability Office 2022-2023

  • Endicott College (MA)

Endicott College full-time Director and Coordinator (far right, far left respectively) with 2022-2023 student staff.

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